mc00307 Guide to Elliot C. Cowdin's Report to the Department of State on Silk and Silk Manufacture, [1868?] Processed by: Lois Fischer Black; machine-readable finding aid created by: Lois Fischer Black North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center
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2001 Machine-readable finding aid derived from xml authoring program. Date of source: December, 2001 Finding aid written in English 2005Converted to EAD 2002 2007 AprilUpdated in April 2007 by Linda Sellars Guide to Elliot C. Cowdin's Report to the Department of State on Silk and Silk Manufacture, [1868?] MC 307 North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Lois Fischer Black December 2001 Lois Fischer Black Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Cowdin, Elliot C. (Elliot Christopher), 1819 - 1880 Report to the Department of State on Silk and Silk Manufacture, [1868?] MC 307 1 volume (134 leaves) Handwritten report by Elliot Christopher Cowdin of New York, United States Commissioner to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867, on the basic history of the international silk industry as well as the results of his work as Commissioner to the Paris exposition. Elliot Christopher Cowdin (1819-1880) was a silk merchant in New York in the mid-nineteenth century. He was United States Commissioner to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867. on-site For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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Elliot Christopher Cowdin, Report to the Department of State on Silk and Silk Manufacture, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Elliot Christopher Cowdin (1819-1880) was a silk merchant in New York in the mid-nineteenth century. He was United States Commissioner to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867.

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Handwritten report by Elliot Christopher Cowdin of New York, United States Commissioner to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867, on the basic history of the international silk industry as well as the results of his work as Commissioner to the Paris Exposition.

 Online Catalog Terms Exposition universelle de 1867 a Paris Silk industry--History--19th century. Detailed Description of Collection 1Report to the Department of State on Silk and Silk manufacture, [1868?]